High school Athletes of the Week

UNION-TRIBUNE

Nathan Allen

VOLLEYBALL

Otay Ranch

Allen, a 6-foot-3 junior, finished with 35 kills as the Mustangs ousted fourth-seeded Rancho Bernardo from the San Diego Section Division I playoffs. After RB won the first game, Otay Ranch rallied to take the next two. Rancho Bernardo evened the match, but the Mustangs prevailed in the final game to advance.

Iesha Iwobi

TRACK

Oceanside

The Pirates senior captured three gold medals at the Valley League finals. Iwobi set a league record and took the section lead in the triple jump at 38 feet, won the long jump by more than a foot at 17-81/2 and added a second league record when she zipped over the 100-meter hurdles in 15.00 seconds.

Andrew Daniel

BASEBALL

Rancho Bernardo

Poway won two of three games from the Broncos last week, but Daniel proved an especially tough out. The junior infielder hit a home run in each of the three games, driving in two and scoring twice in a 15-6 win. He had a homer and two doubles in a 17-13 loss and hit another homer in a 7-6 setback.

Brandon Meier

SWIMMING

Christian

Winning the 100-yard breaststroke in 59.55 is a quality swim, but doing it in the City Conference Championships when most competitors have yet to shave signals the Patriots senior is ready for even faster times this week in the section championships. Meier also won the 200 individual medley in 1:55.03.

Nicole Parmenter

SWIMMING

San Marcos

No one in the Valley League could stay with the Knights senior. Parmenter won the 200-yard individual medley by almost 10 seconds in a league-record 2:08.36. Two events later, she was back in the water, rolling to victory in the 100 butterfly in 56.09, almost four seconds in front of the runner-up.

Daniel Faierman

TENNIS

La Jolla Country Day

The junior was dominant in the section Division III team championships, sweeping his singles opponents 6-1, 6-1, 6-3. Then he became the team’s biggest cheerleader as the Torreys edged Cathedral Catholic 10-8 with key victories in the doubles action. Third-seeded LJCD won its first title since 2004.

High school Athletes of the Week are recognized through a partnership between the Union-Tribune and the San Diego Hall of Champions